Hi Bob...great pictures....took me back to Galway and Mayo as I love it there....Each time we go over we always stay in both places. We actually have friends who lived in Athenry near that castle and we have spent endless hours seeing them each trip. Looking forward to returning at least once more once the economy gets better. We love Westport and always stay in that town....nice place to wander up and down the streets... there is also a Molloy's pub and it is terrific. I see you managed to get over the Connor Pass....brave of you!! I went over it in 1960 on my first trip with my cousins...it scared me then... :-) We have been ourselves in the past 25 years a number of times, but I won't let hubby go that route...we always take the coastal roads....I am a chicken at heart when I get up too high.... the Healy Pass from Kenmare was another nail biter....it seems like I always had the seat that looked down the sides of the mountains...told hubby next time we reverse the trip and keep me on the inside of the road!! Thanks for taking me back for a short time.....love my short trips! Maureen At 06:37 PM 10/22/2008, hiflyte wrote: >Hi, > >Have uploaded a few more pictures, some cemetery and some travel in Ireland. >Most are travel with some genealogy/cemeteries in Cty Donegal. The only >Gen work I did was in Donegal and the remainder of the time was just >being a tourist. > >I have been using the Windows Live site for these photos, will probably >load them up to the Google/Flickr site late. 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Bob, Simply outstanding. I now have more ideas of places he must visit next time we're in Ireland. Andy

Hi, Have uploaded a few more pictures, some cemetery and some travel in Ireland. Most are travel with some genealogy/cemeteries in Cty Donegal. The only Gen work I did was in Donegal and the remainder of the time was just being a tourist. I have been using the Windows Live site for these photos, will probably load them up to the Google/Flickr site late. The gen photos will be uploaded to the Donegal Archives website soon. There are 7 folders related to this trip so far..................................... Road to Galway Dublin Sept County Donegal Dingle Sept -------------------------------- Frosses Old Cemetery Frosses New Cemetery Mountcharles Cemetery --------------------------- Killymard cemetery to come later and 1811 ships to USA URL: http://bobs-ireland.spaces.live.com/photos/ Bob Cdn ==================================

Can anyone claim a William and Dora Reilly (in Philadelphia with Irish and English connections)? Their son William was buried with my family in 1899 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA), but I have not found any connection between the families -- not even proximity or occupation, so I doubt these were neighbors or co-workers, though anything is possible. 1899 Philadelphia Death Cert (#22892) of William Reilly (Wm B. Riley on the cert.) says: white, male, 4 weeks old, died April 3rd 1899 of convulsions, Thomas Dugan, Coroner, per Wolf born Phila., father William K. Riley, mother Dora Riley 33rd Ward, 818 Willard St. buried April 5th 1899, New Cathedral (Roman Catholic) Cemetery Phil J. Donahue, undertaker, Lehigh and Kensington Ave. 1900 census, 2535 Lee St., Philadelphia, Ward 19, ED 405 (sheet 2A, page 148, dwelling 24, family 25) Reilly, Wm. K., head, white, male, b. June 1872, 27, married 3 yrs, born England, parents born England, emi. 1880, in US 20 yrs., first papers, butcher, 0 months unemployed, can read / write / speak English, rents, home (not farm) -----, Dora, wife, white, female, b. Oct. 1875, 24, married 3 yrs., 2 children born, 1 living, born PA, parents born Ireland, can read / write / speak English -----, Joseph A., son, white, male, b. Nov. 1897, 2, single, b. PA, f. b. Eng., m. b. PA Baby William was buried with my Bridget (McGarvey) Royle (d. 1897, so d. before baby William Reilly) and two of her daughters (who pre- deceased their mother). Bridget McGarvey was born c. 1862 in Co. Donegal, Ireland -- so could be related to Dora's parents who were reportedly born in Ireland. There are no known Doras in my tree, however. I know only that Bridget had a sister Catherine (married a McGee) and a brother John (married twice, no known children), both of whom also emigrated. I know nothing of any of the family who may have stayed in Donegal and haven't yet figured out where in Donegal they came from. Bridget McGarvey married Thomas Royle, who was born c. 1861 in Lancashire (Salford area), England -- so could be a relation of the father William Reilly who was born in England. My English Royles, however, have shown no connection with any Reillys (or any other Irish names), and were not Catholic (which is not to say that none of their family was, but I've seen no sign of it). If anyone recognizes these Reillys and knows of a McGarvey or Royle connection, please let me know. Otherwise, I hope this at least helps someone who's researching William and Dora. Regards, Claire K

Hi My gg grandfather Robert McConnell was born 1866 in Letterkenny he was not RC as far as i know . a couple of you names on here jump out . I have McCarron and Doherty, Kane , however they lived in Scotland but born in Ireland sorry to say i dont know which part . Kind regards jean (Aussie) On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:03 AM, K <[email protected]> wrote: > While you don't list any of the names I'm researching I just thought I'd > mention that my family is also found in Leck Cemetery and I look forward > to finding out where the children of that time went to school. > > I found my family living in Bunnagee in the parish of Leck where some of > their neighbors who were mentioned in the parish records and as > godparents of the children, were: Friel, McGarvey, Strain, Dunlevy, > Rodden, Kane, McElwee, Kenedy, Hegarty, Duffy, McGee, McCarron, Glackin, > Taylor, and Kelley as well as Patrick Doherty, Mary Dougherty, Matthew > Doherty, Jane Doherty, Catherine Doherty (wife of James Hegarty), > William & Mary (Rodden) Brown and their children John, Edward & Sara > Brown, Hugh Brown, Robert Brown. I research the Brown/Doherty family > and the children of that family would have been in school from about > 1868 (depending on the age when a child might have started school) until > the last child (might have) started school in 1885. > > Kathy > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> I have just found my long searched for Great-Grandfather James >> Sweeney, Jan 9, 1876. Baptised as James Langan. The name change was >> what threw me for a bit. The Langans who are probably the fathers side >> (as yet unproven) are buried in Leck Cemetary, Oldtown. >> >> I am wondering where a child, born in Letterkenny, Donegal in 1876, >> would go to school. Any ideas before I order a gadzillion of school >> register films throught LDS library. >> >> thanks for all the great travel ideas. got them filed for next years' >> trip to donegal. >> >> cheers >> >> marilyn ann love >> calgary alberta canada >> >> researching: >> Langan/Sweeney >> Coll/Fearns/Ferrands >> Connor/McBride/Smith >> Boyce/Buchanan/Burke/Butler >> Donegal/Scotland/Australia >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Subject: >> Re: [DONEGALEIRE] Letterkenny Schools >> From: >> "P.J." <[email protected]> >> Date: >> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:37:27 +0100 >> To: >> "marilyn anne love" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >> >> To: >> "marilyn anne love" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >> >> >> Marilyn Ann, >> >> I just had a quick look through 'Letterkenny Past and Present' by Sam >> Fleming and was sure that there would be plenty about the local >> schools but sadly, that is not the case. There is however a little bit >> about places of higher education in the town. I would suspect that not >> many would have the opportunity to attend those though, at the end of >> the nineteenth century. >> >> The building of St. Eunan's College (for boys) commenced in 1904 and >> it opened in 1906. However, before St. Eunan's was built a school for >> higher education was established in the Literary Institute, around >> 1872-76. According to Fleming, 'The Loreto Convent was probably the >> first institution for higher education to be established in >> Letterkenny'. The Loreto Nuns were invited to Letterkenny in 1849 so >> presumably, the school was built shortly afterwards. >> >> I realize this is not what you are looking for Marilyn but it may be >> of use to someone on the list. I am sure that there are some >> comprehensive sources of information out there about the Letterkenny >> schools. >> >> P.J. >> > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Kind regards Jean

----- Original Message ----- From: "M & T" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CO-DONEGAL] Donegal Visit > Fellow Listers, > > I just got back to the computer. First off - I want to Thank all of the > Fellow Listers who were so very helpful - sending great information for > taking a trip to Ireland. Especially with children. > > Sadly, our trip has been put on Hold. It turns out that 2 of us need > surgery. So for now the Dream trip will remail something wonderful to look > forward too. I will keep all the e-mails with the information about the > cottages and cars & such that were sent off list. It is information like > that , you just can't find on tourist sites. > > Thanks again. > > Sincerely, > Michelle >

This service is free, all you have to do is sent your research data to the Donegaleire Mailing List FORMAT: Your Email Address,PLU,Parish,Townland,Prime+Given,Spouse+Given,Child1,Child2,Child3,Child4,Child5,Child6,Child7,Child8 NO spaces after the commas, Please. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Donegal Researchers, Friday 18 October 2008 1. To obtain a copy of the Donegal Researchers database go to the URL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html or http://hiflyte.22web.net/WhatsNew/New.html Both websites have the same data. "Click Here to Download the Donegal Researchers List" (RED BOX) A box will open select "Save to Disk" button and hit OK Also read the other paragraphs on the page regarding viewing the DB. ============================ There is a new Page outlining how to submitted your data., which I hope is easier to follow. It is very easy to get at just click on the link below the Red Box "Click here to Open Instruction page" =========================================== Bob Cdn.

In a message dated 10/17/2008 3:55:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: >>Does anyone know if records survive for the model school of the National Board of Education at Belfast?<< Muriel, A good information website is n-ireland.co.uk . Under genealogy and history I found: _http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:FYRTTi9DBbIJ:www.proni.gov.uk/local_hist ory_series_-_05_-_national_education_records.pdf+PRONI+School+Records&hl=en&ct =clnk&cd=2&gl=uk_ (http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:FYRTTi9DBbIJ:www.proni.gov.uk/local_history_series_-_05_-_national_education_records.pdf+PRONI+Schoo l+Records&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk) Joan **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Hi everyone. In 1866 a Cochrane Hammond was a teacher and a Turnkey in Lifford Jail. Co.Donegal. He was earning 35 pounds per year. He also had his own accomodation. the Report doesn't say how long he was a teacher in Lifford. This was obtained from the Appendix to Forty-Fifth Report of the Inspectors General on the General State of The Prison of Ireland dated 1866 ; which are deposited in Boston Mass. USA Further on in the report it states " The school-teacher, who is also turnkey, was formerly employed in the model school of the National Board of Education at Belfast and understands the National System, but was never trained as a teacher. A Blackborard and some maps are much required for the school-room, which if provided would enable the teacher to give instruction on an improved system " Does anyone know if records survive for the model school of the National Board of Education at Belfast. ? There is a school named THE MODEL SCHOOL, in Belfast but its records only commence in 1908. Salary Books for various model school , but only from 1916 - 1926 files dealing with the management and maintenace of model schools are in existance, but only from 1868. Would appreciate if anyone on the list could shed some light on this. Many thanks folks Muriel

I found it so ridiculously difficult trying to get my late father's school records. I e-mailed Raphoe National school several times asking if they had the records, they never replied. I then wrote several times enclosing stamped addressed envelopes, giving all personal details that could only be known to family..........they never replied. I was extremely fortunate, a recently discovered cousin made the journey to Raphoe National School and managed to get the details. There was only a few lines. Full name. Date Started Attendance Name of parent/guardian Date of leaving. Those few lines have made such a difference to my research. Prior to receiving the details, I had no idea with whom my father had spent his early years, the date he's left for England etc. The name of the guardian gave me details which I could never have known had I not got the records. In the last month I've twice written to the school again asking for details of other family members...they haven't replied. Why they have to make it so difficult for us, is hard to understand. It would seem that the only way to get the records still held at the schools is by making a personal visit..impossible if one doesn't live in the vicinity......if we were all incredibly wealthy we could commission professional researcher, whether records would be released to them is another matter. Possibly some kind soul living in the area would make a visit to the school on the researchers behalf, unfortunately when the researcher lives in a different area/country it's hard to repay the favour. Aren't we lucky to have fabulous people like Lindle and friends.. Good luck. Jackie.

Here is the email I received about the primary school information. I hope this helps someone in their research. If I am able to get any records for the schools that my relatives went to, I will post them on Lindel and Bob's sites. Janice Friel Further to your e-mails below, the school records for Donegal held by the National Archives do not include those schools listed in your letter. Records of schools are actually the property of the boards of management of the schools and, unless deposited with an archives, can remain in the custody of the school. The records of schools in Donegal received as donations to the National Archives by the Department of Education and Science are to be found on our website at _http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/ns.html_ (http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/ns.html) while those received directly from the schools are to be found at _http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/schools.html_ (http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/Nat_Schools/schools.html) . If the schools in which you are interested cannot be found in these lists, I suggest that you contact either the Donegal County Archives, which also collects national school records (contact details on website at _http://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/communityculturalenterprise/Archives+Service/archivescollect ion.htm_ (http://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/communityculturalenterprise/Archives+Service/archivescollection.htm) ) or the schools concerned, if they still exist. Yours sincerely, Tom Quinlan, **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

Janice wrote: 'Mary (McGady) Ferry was a native of Donegal, Ireland'. For anyone interested in Mary Ferry, the combination of the names, Ferry, O'Brien and McGady (almost certainly McGeady) would be likely to point to Cloughaneely parish, Gortahork area. P.J. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:45 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Mary Ferry Donegal

Hi there Anyone out there researching the family of JOHN MITCHEL (1815 - 1875), the Irish Patriot who spent time imprisoned in Tasmania? His grandson was John Purroy MITCHEL (1879 - 1918), one time Mayor of New York. This family includes: - George H. MITCHELL, of Buncrana, co. Donegal - Rev. David Russell MITCHELL of Belfast - Dr Isabella MITCHELL, Presbyterian missionary to Manchuria Any leads or snippets of info would be most appreciated. Trying also to find descendants of this family. Kind regards David Mitchell Cape Town South Africa

Interesting sites for those looking in Canada Canadian Health Obituaries Index File - Osler Library -McGill University - Montreal http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/osler/cfstand/chobit.htm Lower Canada Land Petitions (Quebec) Library and Archives Canada (LAC ) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/lower-canada/001043-100.01-e.php Bob Cdn ========================

I found this site to have a world of information. Many of you may know about this site, but I did not so I thought I would pass it on to those who didn't. Janice _http://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/communityculturalenterprise/Archives+Servi ce/archivescollection.htm#school_ (http://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/communityculturalenterprise/Archives+Service/archivescollection.htm#school) **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002)

I have a comprehensive list of school rollbooks and registers for Donegal online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/school.htm Listed are what I have online as well as the schools hels at the County Archives Lifford, National Archives Dublin and those on LDS microfilm (the last two with references) I was at the County Archives in Lifford in June/July this year - its a small office with three staff - not all registers/records are held on site, so you have to book ahead and let them know what you are interested in, so they can have them there for you (takes a day or two sometimes to get them to the Archives) The books are as they were deposited and some I saw weren't in the best condition, but there is not the money or resources at this time to microfilm them - they are well looked after though and will not get any worse than they are. You need to go to the Archives yourself and view the registers - there's no staff to copy anything as large as a register for you. An alternative is to pay a researcher to go and do that for you............or if you know someone in Donegal, send them along in your stead. What they need is people who are interested in the schools to do what I do - film or record in some way, the content of the registers, then submit a copy to them for their records. On my visit I photographed the pages of a number of registers (with my helpful side-kick Connie and not so helpful son Liam, dozing at the table or popping bubble wrap the staff had given him). Now I'm home, I will be putting the images onto cd for them and including an index for each of the pupils in the rollbook/register with page numbers. That way at least, the old registers won't have to be handled too much............I cringed when handling one - the spine creaked and cracked as I turned the pages!! Hope that helps! All the best, Lindel Donegal Genealogy Resources - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/

bOB Same thing happened to me in St Catherines Killybegs. I too went down a grave when the ground gave away. It must have seemed amusing to her as she said " At least I was going in the right direction" Think she meant " the other place" ??? Muriel > Members, > > For those researching in the Mountcharles area I have added 33 graves to > the photo site. This batch is for Frosses New Cemetery the old cemetery > is next. Frosses is a few Km from Mountcharles, in years gone-bye most > RCs in this part of Inver Parish were buried or married at this church. > These are selective photos and only cover a small number of graves. It > was raining and the ground was extremely wet, in fact while doing the > old cemetery my foot went through the ground and into one of the graves > - ( I yelled at CJ that I was going inside for a visit-----) had to > return to my B&B and change socks and clothes . Sometimes one needs > high rubber work boots to do this job. > > Hope the file helps someone out there. > > http://bobs-ireland.spaces.live.com/?lc=1033 > > Bob > Cdn

Hi Margaret, I just checked and managed to log in. (Haven't been there for some time and it has changed quite a bit) Take care, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [DONEGALEIRE] DONEGALEIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 236 > > Am I the only one who cannot access Ancestry.com, I have no bother getting > Ancestry.uk. Is it out of action, I checked my account details and they > are > fine. Is the site down or is there some other problem. Thank you > Margaret > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 11 October 2008 08:01 > To: [email protected] > Subject: DONEGALEIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 236 > > > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Donegal Researchers Data Base Update 10 Oct 2008 (hiflyte) > 2. subscribe Y-Irl ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:45:19 -0600 > From: hiflyte <[email protected]> > Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Donegal Researchers Data Base Update 10 Oct > 2008 > To: IRL-CO-Donegal <[email protected]>, IRL-Donegal - List > <[email protected]>, IRL-Donegaleire-L > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > This service is free, all you have to do is sent your research data to > the Donegaleire Mailing List > > FORMAT: > > Your Email > Address,PLU,Parish,Townland,Prime+Given,Spouse+Given,Child1,Child2,Child3,Ch > ild4,Child5,Child6,Child7,Child8 > > no spaces after the commas. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donegal Researchers, > > Friday 10 October 2008 > > 1. To obtain a copy of the Donegal Researchers database go to the URL > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/WhatsNew/New.html > or > http://hiflyte.22web.net/WhatsNew/New.html > > Both websites have the same data. > > "Click Here to Download the Donegal Researchers List" (RED BOX) A box > will open select "Save to Disk" button and hit OK > > Also read the other paragraphs on the page regarding viewing the DB. > ============================ > There is a new Page outlining how to submitted your data., which I hope > is easier to follow. It is very easy to get at just click on the > link below the Red Box "Click here to Open Instruction page" > > =========================================== > > Bob > Cdn. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:40:01 -0500 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] subscribe Y-Irl > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am currently subscribe to the MS list but not the Y-Irl list. Please > include the following info. > > [email protected] u/k u/k u/k Orr Patrick Carrigan Sena > Edward - - - - - - - > > > > Thanks, > Cheryl Curole > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the DONEGALEIRE list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the DONEGALEIRE mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of DONEGALEIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 236 > ******************************************* > > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Is there anyone on the list researching the above names from those areas? My Grandmother came from Ballyhillion, Malin Head, but I can't find my Great Grandfather's brothers except for two of them. When last in Malin Head, Roddy the Jammer Doherty said that that when looking at the Griffith's Valuation and where our house is located that we must be part of the Cahir Dohertys and that two Cahir brothers moved over to West Town. Roddy said that one brohter was James Doherty and became known as the Babbys and that the other brother John, who moved to West Town was John and he became known as Briny. I am not certain about the connection but want to see if anyone on the list is connected to either one of these Dohertys. Hopefully then I can compare notes. There is also a James Doherty who was godfather to two of my great aunts and I haven't been able to locate him. Also does anyone know if the Ard Breac Dohertys of Slievbawn are related to the West Town Dohertys. Jim Doherty of Florida who is an Ard Breac Doherty is a cousin - his grandfather and my grandmother were first cousins. Great Grandfather Patrick Doherty also had a brother Denis who went to America, first to Braddock, Pennsylvania then Anaconda, Montana , then Los Angeles then to Vacville, California. Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread)